Art Topics to Study for the Miller Analogies Test (MAT)

To do well with art content on the MAT, you should familiarize yourself with various art topics, including the major developments, works, and people of art history. Even if you’ve never taken an art class before, you can get familiar with some of the artists, terms, and art movements that may show up on the MAT. The following entries cover famous artists, works of art, and famous museums.

Important figures in the art field and works of art

The following lists important people in the art field and important works of art that you should familiarize yourself with before taking the MAT.

Angelico, Fra: Italian painter known for Deposition of Christ

Bosch, Hieronymus: Dutch painter best known for The Garden of Earthly Delights

Botticelli, Sandro: Italian painter famous for The Birth of Venus

Calder, Alexander: American sculptor known for his mobiles and wire sculptures

Caravaggio: Italian painter known for Calling of Saint Matthew

Cezanne, Paul: French painter known for The Card Players

Chagall, Marc: Russian painter famous for his stained glass work and modernist style

da Vinci, Leonardo: Italian painter and sculptor famous for painting the Mona Lisa

Dali, Salvador: Spanish painter who worked in the surrealist style; One of his best-known works is The Persistence of Memory

Daumier, Honoré: French artist best known for his political caricatures

De Kooning, Willem: Dutch expressionist artist known for Easter Monday

Degas, Edgar: French artist famous for his paintings of dancers

Donatello: Italian sculptor known for his bas-relief sculpture

Gaugin, Paul: French painter known for his paintings of Tahitian subjects

Giacometti, Alberto: Swiss sculptor who worked in bronze

Goya, Francisco: Spanish painter known for Black Paintings

Homer, Winslow: American painter known for his marine paintings and landscapes

Hopper, Edward: American realist painter; one of his famous works is Chop Suey

Johns, Jasper: American pop art painter; one of his famous works is Three Flags

Klee, Paul: Swiss/German painter known for Twittering Machine

Klimt, Gustav: Austrian painter known for The Kiss

Lichtenstein, Roy: American pop artist famous for his art in the style of comic strips

Manet, Edouard: French painter, known for Olympia

Matisse, Henri: French painter famous for his bold use of color; one of his greatest works is La Danse

Michelangelo: Italian painter and sculptor known for his sculpture David and for his paintings in the Sistine Chapel

Miró, Joan: Spanish painter who worked in the surrealist style

Mona Lisa: Famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci; displayed in the Louvre

Mondrian, Piet: Dutch painter famous for his abstract works using primary colors

Monet, Claude: French impressionist painter known for Haystacks

Munch, Edvard: Norweigan painter most famous for The Scream

Nast, Thomas: German-born caricaturist; created the Republican Party elephant

O’Keeffe, Georgia: American artist who lived in the Southwest; most famous for her paintings of flowers

Picasso, Pablo: Spanish painter; one of his famous works is Guernica

Pollock, Jackson: American painter known for his technique of dripping paint onto canvas

Rembrandt: Dutch portrait painter

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste: French impressionist painter

Rodin, Auguste: French sculptor of The Thinker

Rubens, Peter Paul: Flemish painter who worked in the baroque style

Sargent, John Singer: American portrait painter known for Portrait of Madame X

Titian: Italian painter known for his use of color

Van Gogh, Vincent: Dutch painter; one of his famous works is Starry Night

Venus de Milo: Greek statue of the goddess Venus, located in the Louvre

Warhol, Andy: American pop artist known for his Campbell’s soup cans paintings

Wood, Grant: American artist who painted American Gothic

Wyeth, Andrew: American realist painter; one of his famous works is Christina’s World

Art museums that appear on the MAT test

The following lists important art museums that you might be asked about on the MAT.

British Museum: Museum located in London

Guggenheim: Modern art museum located in New York City

Hermitage Museum: A museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg

Lascaux: Site in France where prehistoric cave paintings were discovered

Louvre: French art museum located in Paris

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art museum located in New York City

MOMA: Modern art museum located in New York City

Pergamon: German art museum located in Berlin

Pompidou Centre: A complex in Paris that houses a public library, art museum, and music research facility

Prado: Spanish art museum located in Madrid

Rijksmuseum: Dedicated to arts, crafts, and history — located in Amsterdam

Tate Modern: A modern art gallery in London

Uffizi: Italian art museum located in Florence

Vatican Museums: Located in Vatican City, they display the collection of the Roman Catholic Church